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they took that vetting file they got on chris christie, everything chris christie had given them about himself, all the most damning things about him and anyone connected to him, and the romney folks handed that puffer fish vetting file to reporters. the worst opo dump you can possibly imagine done after the election, apparently as payback against a fellow republican who they hated so much it is almost impossible to overstate. they handed over his vetting file to reporters. and so that is how we learned through the campaign book "double down" that chris christie had been found by the mitt romney campaign to be utterly unsuited for the job of even vice president. because, they said, he was chronically late all the time for everything he was supposed to do. he made unreasonable demands in terms of his own need for luxury hotel rooms and private jets and having a giant entourage and they made sure to point out that he wanted large spreads of food everywhere he went. again, like i said, it was mean. they put out to these reporters how chris christie had a terrible record of running up luxu
they took that vetting file they got on chris christie, everything chris christie had given them about himself, all the most damning things about him and anyone connected to him, and the romney folks handed that puffer fish vetting file to reporters. the worst opo dump you can possibly imagine done after the election, apparently as payback against a fellow republican who they hated so much it is almost impossible to overstate. they handed over his vetting file to reporters. and so that is how...
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a speech all about chris christie. the convention apparently had started to run late the night of the chris christie keynote address. and rnc organizers reportedly decided that they would cut that three-minute chris christie biographical video in order to save some time in the schedule. according to dan balz's book, governor christie then threw a tantrum to make sure that his video would play before his speech. according to the book, chris christie himself told the convention staffer, quote, to ask the director -- meaning the person who's actually doing the direction for television of the rnc -- ask the director of the republican convention if he had ever heard anybody say the f-word on live television, because that is what he was about to do if the video did not run. then, reportedly, chris christie said, actually, he wasn't just drop an f-bomb, maybe he wouldn't deliver the speech at all. he would walk if the video didn't run. and so the video ran. and everybody got their three-minute biographical video of chris chri
a speech all about chris christie. the convention apparently had started to run late the night of the chris christie keynote address. and rnc organizers reportedly decided that they would cut that three-minute chris christie biographical video in order to save some time in the schedule. according to dan balz's book, governor christie then threw a tantrum to make sure that his video would play before his speech. according to the book, chris christie himself told the convention staffer, quote, to...
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. >>> tonight, chris christie's donors are worried, and the first national poll on chris christie since the bridge scandal broke turns out to be very, very good news for hillary clinton. >> 4 in 10 veoters say christie is a bully. >> we has a nation remain stuck in the news traffic jam. >> chris christie's jersey jam. >> come on! >> chris christie and the problems he's had. >> he's a good politician. he's great at defending himself. >> simultaneously, his political career could be finished. >> that's the problem with christie. it's out of his hands. >> in terms of vetting, in terms of the department of justice investigations. >> he has a long road ahead. >> i have had no contact with david wildstein in a long time. >> so we see that wall street journal picture. >> appearing to interact with wildstein on september 11, 2013, the third day of the lane closures themselves. >> decisions for key players come as early as tomorrow. >> when they testify, what's going to be his position then? >> if you want to talk about salt in the wound, there's this. ♪ i was with pissed off drivers ♪ ♪ w
. >>> tonight, chris christie's donors are worried, and the first national poll on chris christie since the bridge scandal broke turns out to be very, very good news for hillary clinton. >> 4 in 10 veoters say christie is a bully. >> we has a nation remain stuck in the news traffic jam. >> chris christie's jersey jam. >> come on! >> chris christie and the problems he's had. >> he's a good politician. he's great at defending himself. >>...
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staff -- >> a top aide to christie. >> how will chris christie respond? >> i come out here today to apologize to the people of new jersey. >> chris christie's response to allegations of political retribution vournding the closing of the nation's busiest bridge. >> i had no, ma'am knowledge or involvement. >> he's fired a top aide. >> i've terminated bridget's employment. >> he said she lied to me. there's no evidence that he ordered the lane closings in question. i was stunned. i was blind sided yesterday morning. >> a whole slew of things are suddenly in motion here. >> a port authority official has been testifying now. >> i respectfully assert my right to remain silent. >> commerce committee has already launched its own inquiry. >> i had no knowledge or involvement in its plan organize its execution. >> this story is going to continue for weeks and maybe months ahead. >>> chris christie talked and talked and talked some more today, but he did not talk himself out of trouble, except in the eyes of some easily fooled political pundits, and he most definit
staff -- >> a top aide to christie. >> how will chris christie respond? >> i come out here today to apologize to the people of new jersey. >> chris christie's response to allegations of political retribution vournding the closing of the nation's busiest bridge. >> i had no, ma'am knowledge or involvement. >> he's fired a top aide. >> i've terminated bridget's employment. >> he said she lied to me. there's no evidence that he ordered the lane...
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he's still chris christie's press secretary. chris christie said in his news conference that he had no idea his gang uses private e-mail accounts for gang business when they want to say things they don't feel comfortable saying on their official government e nail accounts. the highest-ranking is port authority david sampson and no one talks like a gangster better than david sampson. he was one of the nine people who received patrick foye's outraged e-mail about what was happening at the george washington bridge that included foye's order to stop the lane closures immediately. sampson now claims that that e-mail was the very first time he learned at the george washington bridge. here is the chairman of the port authority saying that he had absolutely no idea there were lane closings at the most important bridge in the world until he read an e-mail at the end of the week about those lane closures, and objecting to what was happening and saying the lane closures violate federal laws and the laws of both states. now, what was david
he's still chris christie's press secretary. chris christie said in his news conference that he had no idea his gang uses private e-mail accounts for gang business when they want to say things they don't feel comfortable saying on their official government e nail accounts. the highest-ranking is port authority david sampson and no one talks like a gangster better than david sampson. he was one of the nine people who received patrick foye's outraged e-mail about what was happening at the george...
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chris christie box set greatest hits after this. ♪ john: there is no candidate like chris christie. his term bombasts and produced a box set. we prepared this collection just for you. chris christie: i mean what i say and say what i mean. >> he isn't afraid to tell it like it is. now you will be telling your friends about telling it like it is. chris christie: sit down and shut up. >> all your favorite christie heads on a 12 cd set. >> get off the beach. >> less than the cost of crossing the gw bridge for you get these and more. chris christie: it is none of your business. i won't the cones. are you stupid? >> telling it like it is pretty been a best thing than being shouted down by the chris christie campaign stop. man up and pick up the phone idiot. john: i'm calling. i'm calling. we will be right back. ♪ john: you have heard the great harry shearer may be leaving the simpsons predict ted cruz doesn't win the nomination let's call this audition courtesy of buzzfeed. >> excellent. john: we have jeff daniels on the show tomorrow. until next time, sayonara. ♪ alix: we are moments
chris christie box set greatest hits after this. ♪ john: there is no candidate like chris christie. his term bombasts and produced a box set. we prepared this collection just for you. chris christie: i mean what i say and say what i mean. >> he isn't afraid to tell it like it is. now you will be telling your friends about telling it like it is. chris christie: sit down and shut up. >> all your favorite christie heads on a 12 cd set. >> get off the beach. >> less than...
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chris christie is no different . a lot of the things he is saying are going to find a receptive audience. one of the weak spots in the obama administration has been foreign policy. given all of that, whether the problem that christie is going to have selling that tough talk is the fact that his foreign policy background is so limited and the times he has left the country like when he went to london he got in trouble by talking about vaccinations and getting off message. what say you about him as a foreign policy candidate? al: it might appeal not just to primary voters but generic election voters if isis continues its horrors, if putin continues to be a thug. they will look for someone with good judgment on that. ronald reagan faced that same issue and it wasn't until the last couple weeks of the campaign he persuaded people i'm not going to be a reckless foreign-policy president. it chris christie gets near that point he is going to offer that reassurance. john: we were talking earlier when he was doing this announc
chris christie is no different . a lot of the things he is saying are going to find a receptive audience. one of the weak spots in the obama administration has been foreign policy. given all of that, whether the problem that christie is going to have selling that tough talk is the fact that his foreign policy background is so limited and the times he has left the country like when he went to london he got in trouble by talking about vaccinations and getting off message. what say you about him...
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of president would chris christie be? >> i delegate enormous authority to my staff and enormous authority to my cabinet. >> could we trust president christie's staff and cabinet? >> i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. >> chris christie embarrassed and humiliated new jersey. don't let chris christie embarrass and humiliate america. >> and christie's republican opponents for the presidential nomination will keep that kind of ad coming every day. they're very easy to write, because christie has written those ads for them. with that press conference. i mean, i wrote that ad in a few minutes. just sitting there listening to him, just grabbed those quotes and wrote it. you can do this at home. it's easy. just take lines from christie's press conference and wrap them in voiceovers about christie's inability to manage his staff and what that would mean if he was in the white house, if he was picking the attorney general, if he was picking the director of the irs. here are just some of
of president would chris christie be? >> i delegate enormous authority to my staff and enormous authority to my cabinet. >> could we trust president christie's staff and cabinet? >> i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. >> chris christie embarrassed and humiliated new jersey. don't let chris christie embarrass and humiliate america. >> and christie's republican opponents for the presidential nomination will keep that kind...
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>>> chris christie's lawyers issued a 344-page report today saying that their client chris christie had nothing to do with the george washington bridge scandal. how do they know? they took his word for it. the latest breaking news tonight, one of the people accused of wrongdoing in this report responds. >> we're getting our first look at the report. >> chris christie-commissioned report. >> the report that chris christie says clears him in the george washington bridge scandal. >> our findings today are a vindication of governor dris christie. >> paid for by the taxpayer. >> taxpayer money well spent. . >> points the singer solely at bridget kelly and david wildstein. >> david wildstein went to bridget kelly for approval. >> why? >> we're not able to answer every question today. >> everyone is asking questions like what did you know and when did you know it? >> please let me answer this question first. we're not going to interrupt each other. >> this is not a federal investigation or a legislate i have investigation. >> this is chris christie's lawyer. >> this is from the governor's offi
>>> chris christie's lawyers issued a 344-page report today saying that their client chris christie had nothing to do with the george washington bridge scandal. how do they know? they took his word for it. the latest breaking news tonight, one of the people accused of wrongdoing in this report responds. >> we're getting our first look at the report. >> chris christie-commissioned report. >> the report that chris christie says clears him in the george washington bridge...
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chris christie is now in charge of that. do you think it is fair for him to stay in that role, that key role for your party while he is going through all of this and the best help he is getting is on "crossfire" and donald trump. >> i think just from the perspective of setting aside this as an issue in other races it makes since for him to step aside in that role. he does not serve the goals of that organization by staying as chairman. t that doesn't mean any of the charges political or otherwise are substantive or not but perception is reality. >> people have said it about chris christie this whole time it is all about chris christie, a party of one. why a chris christie who cares about >> well, frankly i think this is still relatively new. he may well step down. i have no idea what his thinking is on that. he may get counsel from other governors along those lines. >> but let me ask you something about this. gimp the imperial nomination of secretary senator, first lady clinton, this seems to be the offing. this is, after al
chris christie is now in charge of that. do you think it is fair for him to stay in that role, that key role for your party while he is going through all of this and the best help he is getting is on "crossfire" and donald trump. >> i think just from the perspective of setting aside this as an issue in other races it makes since for him to step aside in that role. he does not serve the goals of that organization by staying as chairman. t that doesn't mean any of the charges...
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like chris christie. chris christie telling our jake tapper today he is a good conservative. to you what is he? >> i think he's a reformer who broadly represents conservative values. he's pro-life. he took on the teachers union. he's done a very good job of working to change trenton, the state capital. in many ways he's a lot like scott walker of wisconsin. i look to that one poll that andrew raised about how many people think he's really presidential material. i tried to imagine in 1992 if you had run that poll in arkansas, two years before the presidential election, what percent would have said bill clinton was presidential. or if you'd gone to georgia in 1975 and said what percent think jim any carter is presidential, i think that's a very hard poll for local folks. because they can't quite imagine the majesty of the white house with their particular guy. >> there's chris christie obviously and his family very happy acknowledging the crowd. as soon as he begins to talk -- >> it was not that he would be
like chris christie. chris christie telling our jake tapper today he is a good conservative. to you what is he? >> i think he's a reformer who broadly represents conservative values. he's pro-life. he took on the teachers union. he's done a very good job of working to change trenton, the state capital. in many ways he's a lot like scott walker of wisconsin. i look to that one poll that andrew raised about how many people think he's really presidential material. i tried to imagine in 1992...
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and the debate with chris christie. we begin the program with former senate majority leader tom daschle. thank you for being here. obama with relatively low ratings. what does he have to do to turn things around? >> he has to show energy. he has to show passion or the things he wants to do in the second term. there is a feeling of lethargy. he has had some setbacks. he needs to reading gauge and re-energize. and i think he will do that. >> the focus, we are told, will be on income inequality, which is very real. the critics say that it is derisive and that obama offers no solutions. >> whether he offer solutions or not, you cannot ignore it. there are too many studies about it. there's been a lot of attention internationally. i think it would be bad to ignore it. we have to adjust that. we have got conservatives and liberals talking about it. they have different ways of addressing it. but clearly, there is a universal recognition. >> could there be a consensus? >> i think there is always a chance. that is always the que
and the debate with chris christie. we begin the program with former senate majority leader tom daschle. thank you for being here. obama with relatively low ratings. what does he have to do to turn things around? >> he has to show energy. he has to show passion or the things he wants to do in the second term. there is a feeling of lethargy. he has had some setbacks. he needs to reading gauge and re-energize. and i think he will do that. >> the focus, we are told, will be on income...
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chris christie: thank you. saturday at 9:00 a.m., nasa tv provides coverage of the farewell ceremony for states x crude dragon before the docs from the international space station. then at 515, the final preparation leading to the undocking from the iss. life coverage saturday on c-span. this week on q&a, "fox news" anchor chris wallace on his book, countdown, 1945. in the of the atomic bomb. and what led president truman tea is in on hiroshima japan 75 years ago. >> he agonized over this decision. he complained of sleepless nights when he was there. he had terrible hearing headaches which he had throughout his career when he was under what he considered having stress. in his diary. that's one of the joys of doing a book about people are all gone. what is in the presidential library, got a hold of his diaries during this whole period, he told hundred and 16 days of the talk about, 1945. he talked about the choice of using the bomb in apocalyptic terms. he kept saying this is the most terrible weapon ever discov
chris christie: thank you. saturday at 9:00 a.m., nasa tv provides coverage of the farewell ceremony for states x crude dragon before the docs from the international space station. then at 515, the final preparation leading to the undocking from the iss. life coverage saturday on c-span. this week on q&a, "fox news" anchor chris wallace on his book, countdown, 1945. in the of the atomic bomb. and what led president truman tea is in on hiroshima japan 75 years ago. >> he...
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i have the same question with chris christie. i, like the other two on this panel, don't think all the questions have been answered. i still think there's more to come out. but when i ask that same question, what did christie know, when did he know it, i don't see any of that criticism. and bridgegate, in comparison to the things that we've seen with benghazi and first scandal and fast and furious, there was a lot more at stake with those other scandals. >> i think there's like a verbal tick among conservatives, that whenever you mention anything with a republican, they have to say benghazi. >> a verbal tick. you call no you are defour dead verbal tick? >> no, no -- >> mark, let me say something. i think dana raises a perfectly relevant point. there is a hypocrisy there. having lived through these three other scandals that she cited, i do remember the way the democrats behaved over that. and now, suddenly, it looks like it's a different cite, even though you could argue that bridgegate is just as serious as the others. people's l
i have the same question with chris christie. i, like the other two on this panel, don't think all the questions have been answered. i still think there's more to come out. but when i ask that same question, what did christie know, when did he know it, i don't see any of that criticism. and bridgegate, in comparison to the things that we've seen with benghazi and first scandal and fast and furious, there was a lot more at stake with those other scandals. >> i think there's like a verbal...
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christie, to have a credible candidacy against chris christie. he's still outside -- you should like him more. he's outside of the mainstream. he's vetoed planned parenthood funding five times. >> now democrats are accusing christie of the far right extreme? >> my tax dollars need to go to planned parenthood. >> he's taxing the middle class. so democrats and independents have lots of reasons to be confident about chris christie. this is something he did to himself. >> those are fair policy debates to have. but i think it shows how scared democrats are. are we going to have an election where -- terrible? i don't know. >> i've got something to say. i'm not scared of these numbers. you want to talk about something that's scared of these numbers. look at these numbers. brand new poll from pew. in a year, this guy's unfavorables have gone to 17 to 34%. doubled his unfavorable. doubled his unfavorable numbers. >> this is also pathetic. you're in the middle of wall-to-wall coverage of cnn and everybody else on this ald scandal. bill clinton's numbers we
christie, to have a credible candidacy against chris christie. he's still outside -- you should like him more. he's outside of the mainstream. he's vetoed planned parenthood funding five times. >> now democrats are accusing christie of the far right extreme? >> my tax dollars need to go to planned parenthood. >> he's taxing the middle class. so democrats and independents have lots of reasons to be confident about chris christie. this is something he did to himself. >>...
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those are chris christie's words. we're not going to hear that kind of brand that we see as we wait for him to come out. frank, i want to pick up on two things, one i heard you say earlier, if i understood you right we don't know exactly why it happened. i'm pretty sure we know broadly why it happened at least according to the contemporaneous information that we have. there was a desire and even a glee at punishing democrats and people that they saw were their political enemies. that's in the e-mails. >> but which ones? >> but we know it was political retribution. >> right. the point i'm making it was designed to punish people. and what michael isikoff mentioned, as this turned into a series of investigations, the politics will proceed for some time, but the information can be extremely damaging. i want to be clear for viewers to try to understand where this goes. there are state and state legislature on one track. the federal investigation, the u.s. attorney's office is in inquiry right now. and it if proceeds to a f
those are chris christie's words. we're not going to hear that kind of brand that we see as we wait for him to come out. frank, i want to pick up on two things, one i heard you say earlier, if i understood you right we don't know exactly why it happened. i'm pretty sure we know broadly why it happened at least according to the contemporaneous information that we have. there was a desire and even a glee at punishing democrats and people that they saw were their political enemies. that's in the...
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governor chris christie leaving the town hall. joining us is molly from the atlantic and a former aide to barack obama, hillary clinton, and new york attorney general eric schneiderman. blake, your thoughts on what we've seen today and the governor leaving just now. >> you know, look, we spent a lot of time on politics of theater and reeyal ti. chris christie with all due respect to you, i don't care that he has a lot of intellectual stamina and stand for 09 minutes and make his local press corps if giggle at his jokes. what he didn't do is get to the bottom of what happened. he's a former u.s. attorney, did a lot of digging in his day. he couldn't answer questions about where else this extend to. he was asked about who else in his administration knew about this, what did he know and when, didn't really have answers for us today. this is not just one of those scandals, you know, a lot of political scandal, some we call nontroversies, things that are made up and aren't a pig deal. but this is his constituents potentially having the
governor chris christie leaving the town hall. joining us is molly from the atlantic and a former aide to barack obama, hillary clinton, and new york attorney general eric schneiderman. blake, your thoughts on what we've seen today and the governor leaving just now. >> you know, look, we spent a lot of time on politics of theater and reeyal ti. chris christie with all due respect to you, i don't care that he has a lot of intellectual stamina and stand for 09 minutes and make his local...
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chris christie? i think republicans would be smart to move to a center right candidate, but that's 23409 where the republican primary electorate is. and i don't think they were going to be there. so i don't think this has changed christie's odds of being the nominee that much. i don't think they were high to begin with. >> david corn, i completely agree with all of that. i've never seen a way for chris christie to get the republican nomination. but now, i'm starting to doubt whether he can even mount a campaign. >> well, you know, i think we all agree here. i mean, chris christie was the candidate for karl rove and the koch brothers and the funding community. the funding base of the republican party. the gravitational pull of the republican voting electoral has moved so far to the right that chris christie by talking about bipartisanship as we just saw him would almost disqualify himself in a lot of states. in iowa, in south carolina, throughout the south. and, you know, i think there was a way he mi
chris christie? i think republicans would be smart to move to a center right candidate, but that's 23409 where the republican primary electorate is. and i don't think they were going to be there. so i don't think this has changed christie's odds of being the nominee that much. i don't think they were high to begin with. >> david corn, i completely agree with all of that. i've never seen a way for chris christie to get the republican nomination. but now, i'm starting to doubt whether he...
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christie might look like using chris christie's own words. team christie didn't like what they saw and they cited that 30-second video as one of their grievances against this network in a press release on saturday in response to the brilliant reporting by steve on his program saturday morning including his interview with the mayor of hoboken in which the mayor said this. >> the fact is the lieutenant governor came to hoboken, pulled me aside in the parking lot and said i know this is not right and i know this shouldn't be connected but they are. and if you tell anyone, i'll deny it. so the bottom line is it's not fair for the governor to hold sandy funds host anl for the city of hoboken because he wants me to give back to one private developer. >> team christie's press release in response to steve kornacki's reporting could not have been longer and could not have been stranger. it essentially amounted to a complaint about this network's coverage of the affairs of state in new jersey and some quotes from positive things the mayor of hoboken ha
christie might look like using chris christie's own words. team christie didn't like what they saw and they cited that 30-second video as one of their grievances against this network in a press release on saturday in response to the brilliant reporting by steve on his program saturday morning including his interview with the mayor of hoboken in which the mayor said this. >> the fact is the lieutenant governor came to hoboken, pulled me aside in the parking lot and said i know this is not...
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>> chris christie made his entire career on. couldn't do enough of these. >> paul has handled his office in a much more low key way. not the kind of appetite that chris christie has. if you talk to democrats who are more cynical, they say, if this goes to the u.s. attorney, not sure how much is going to come out of it. you have people who predate the current u.s. attorney and were there when chris christie was there. >> so basically if the u.s. attorney is complicated or unlikely to get involved -- a lot of people say it would be easier to bring state charges, instead of federal. although federal seems to be the obvious choice here. if it's not the u.s. attorney, that makes the legislature and their investigation more important and if it has a structural weakness that could be exploited, that could -- >> they can exploit, if they can tie it up in court, maybe the u.s. attorney is forced to come in and take the case. if the u.s. attorney takes the case, it would shut down the legislative panels. >> the number of subpoenas, not th
>> chris christie made his entire career on. couldn't do enough of these. >> paul has handled his office in a much more low key way. not the kind of appetite that chris christie has. if you talk to democrats who are more cynical, they say, if this goes to the u.s. attorney, not sure how much is going to come out of it. you have people who predate the current u.s. attorney and were there when chris christie was there. >> so basically if the u.s. attorney is complicated or...
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. >> chris christie's jersey jam.
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so the point where you talked extensively to chris christie. just for example we tried very hard to get an interview with terry mcauliffe. he was not giving any interviews to any national media. actually very few to local virginia media for awhile because they wanted to very much keep him on message. and this message has been, as gloria was just talking about you were talking about his republican opponent ken cucinnelli was simply too extreme. and other way he did it, frankly he got lucky with the republican strategy that ultimately led to a government shutdown. where we are right now is knee deep in federal workers, people who were personally affected by the shutdown. and they, even some probably more registered republicans, traditional republican voters said that they're just sort of done with that wing of the republican party and swung over to terry mcauliffe. that probably at the end of the day helped mcauliffe and the millions and millions of dollars that he was able to raise personally that the clip tons, his very very good friends, were
so the point where you talked extensively to chris christie. just for example we tried very hard to get an interview with terry mcauliffe. he was not giving any interviews to any national media. actually very few to local virginia media for awhile because they wanted to very much keep him on message. and this message has been, as gloria was just talking about you were talking about his republican opponent ken cucinnelli was simply too extreme. and other way he did it, frankly he got lucky with...
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. >>> chris christie apologetic. i'm sorry coming as 1,000 pages of new evidence from this case becomes public this morning. >> good morning, everyone. i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. there could be more stunning revelations today for chris christie and the political scandal putting him in the center of the political spotlight. he says he's embarrassed and humiliated and sorry for what he claims happened without his knowledge. he's now fired a top aid and asked an adviser to give up a job for their roles in a shutdown of traffic on the very busy george washington bridge during last year' gubernatorial campaign. apparently it was political payback against a mayor who wouldn't endorse their boss. documents are expected to be released today. a source says the fbi now looking into what happened to see if federal law was violated. even though christie apologized, one person connected with the shutdown is not talking. joe johns begins our coverage. >> i come out here to apologize.
. >>> chris christie apologetic. i'm sorry coming as 1,000 pages of new evidence from this case becomes public this morning. >> good morning, everyone. i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. there could be more stunning revelations today for chris christie and the political scandal putting him in the center of the political spotlight. he says he's embarrassed and humiliated and sorry for what he claims happened without his knowledge. he's...
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. >>> where in the world is chris christie? well, he is somewhere in texas tonight, avoiding cameras. and texas republican politicians are avoiding him. >> embattled governor chris christie heads to texas. chris christie is in texas today on a fundraising trip. >> on an rga fundraising tour. >> he is in texas. >> texas is one of the big atm's for politics. >> if we're taking a close look at what chris christie's brand of good governance is. a governor who has his extra duties -- >> that isn't very pretty. >> -- and scandal is following him. >> if you, a republican candidate. >>> governor rick perry and attorney general greg abbott -- >> are standing next to chris christie. >> will not appear with him today in texas. >> his troubles will become your troubles. >> republican candidates, republican elected officials. >> a lot of these christie allegations look really bad. >> won't touch him with a 250 mile pole. >> smart move right now, because so much is in flux. >> at the same time. >> john boehner's comments today on immigration
. >>> where in the world is chris christie? well, he is somewhere in texas tonight, avoiding cameras. and texas republican politicians are avoiding him. >> embattled governor chris christie heads to texas. chris christie is in texas today on a fundraising trip. >> on an rga fundraising tour. >> he is in texas. >> texas is one of the big atm's for politics. >> if we're taking a close look at what chris christie's brand of good governance is. a governor who...
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he was appointed to that job by chris christie. david samson was furious and outspoken about that april 2011 debacle, and he lambasted the executive director of the port authority for having caused that traffic jam on that bridge 2 1/2 years ago. when the port authority caused this even bigger traffic jam for four straight days, the same chairman, david samson, didn't say beep. no public comment on the issue. no apology. no telling the press it was unthinkable, nothing. not a word. why is that? in contrast to the outer bridge backup in 2011 where david samson raked the director over the coals for public in that backup, here's what we know about what david samson did about the backup this past september in ft. lee. he e-mailed the vice chairman of the port authority after an article about the backup came out in the "wall street journal." david samson's complaint was the executive director of the port authority had talked about it. the article, "confirms evidence of pat foye being the leak, stirring up trouble." "in this case, he's p
he was appointed to that job by chris christie. david samson was furious and outspoken about that april 2011 debacle, and he lambasted the executive director of the port authority for having caused that traffic jam on that bridge 2 1/2 years ago. when the port authority caused this even bigger traffic jam for four straight days, the same chairman, david samson, didn't say beep. no public comment on the issue. no apology. no telling the press it was unthinkable, nothing. not a word. why is that?...
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chris christie knew that. just a week before he was asked that question, he knew that the new jersey star ledger editorial had said port authority chairman david samson should resign. samson appears to treat his port authority appointment as an extension of his legal career? or is it just coincidence that his firm's lobbying revenue, just $42,000 the year before christie was elected govrer exploded to annual revenues of more than $1 million shortly afterwards. chris christie knew all that when he said he stands by david samson. and with "the new york times" today saying chris christie should fire david samson now, both chris christie and david sam mon have to know that the chairman's days are numbers at the port authority. will he fire david samsonson? or allow david samson to resign in scandal, the same way he awill youed david wildstein to resign in scandal. and will chris christie say about him what he said about his old friend david wildstein? quote, we are grateful for his commitment and dedication to the
chris christie knew that. just a week before he was asked that question, he knew that the new jersey star ledger editorial had said port authority chairman david samson should resign. samson appears to treat his port authority appointment as an extension of his legal career? or is it just coincidence that his firm's lobbying revenue, just $42,000 the year before christie was elected govrer exploded to annual revenues of more than $1 million shortly afterwards. chris christie knew all that when...
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and what happens to chris christie. the subpoena authority of that committee that has been so critical to breaking this story open, the subpoena authority of that committee is about to expire on tuesday. unless the new speaker of the assembly agrees to extend. it's his decision and his decision alone. governor christie was asked about that at his press conference. >> moving forward, speaker-elect indicated yesterday that the assembly's investigation in this would continue. do you believe that he assemblyman wisniewski and other folks in lecture -- >> listen, i think they have every right to do what they are doing given what was revealed yesterday. you know, i'm certainly not going to question that. in terms of their right to conduct an investigation. i think given what was revealed yesterday, i was shocked by it. i assume they were, too. and i have a good relationship be the incoming speaker. and i'll work with him in every way that i possibly can to make sure we put this matter to rest. so certainly am not going to que
and what happens to chris christie. the subpoena authority of that committee that has been so critical to breaking this story open, the subpoena authority of that committee is about to expire on tuesday. unless the new speaker of the assembly agrees to extend. it's his decision and his decision alone. governor christie was asked about that at his press conference. >> moving forward, speaker-elect indicated yesterday that the assembly's investigation in this would continue. do you believe...
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why wouldn't they support chris christie? substantively when you look at the things they support, there's not much daylight between chris christie and mitt romney. they're offering the same things roughly speaking on the most important policy issues. maybe it's not a matter of substance. maybe it's a matter of style. >> you don't send your children to public schools. you send them to private schools. so i was wondering why you think it's fair to be cutting school funding to public schools? >> what's her name? >> what's her name, guys? real quick. the governor's talking. what is it? >> gale, first off, it's none of your business. i don't ask you where you send your kids to school. don't bother me about where i send mine. i as governor am responsible for every child in this state, not just my own. the decisions i make is to try to improve the educational opportunities of every child in this state. so with all due respect, gale, it's none of your business. >> you're not compensating me for my education and you're not compensatin
why wouldn't they support chris christie? substantively when you look at the things they support, there's not much daylight between chris christie and mitt romney. they're offering the same things roughly speaking on the most important policy issues. maybe it's not a matter of substance. maybe it's a matter of style. >> you don't send your children to public schools. you send them to private schools. so i was wondering why you think it's fair to be cutting school funding to public...
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the same chris christie appointee, he is the same chris christie political appointee who gave the order to close those lanes on the bridge. he's the man who gave specific instructions to bridge officials to not warrant local police, and not warrant town of fort lee about what was about to hit them. other e-mails that have been made public show that the port authority knew they were advised explicitly that shutting down those lanes on the bridge would cause the whole town of fort lee to be gridlocked in a backlog of hundreds of stuck cars. they did it anyway. that is explicitly why they did it. that wasn't a bug, that was a feature, that's what they were going for. we now know that because partially redacted e-mails and text message transcripts were published today. those transcripts and e-mails show that governor christie's appointee to the port authority didn't come up with that idea on his own, it came from governor christie's office directly. boom! look, this is an e-mail from governor christie's office, deputy chief of staff telling david wildstein at the port authority, "time for s
the same chris christie appointee, he is the same chris christie political appointee who gave the order to close those lanes on the bridge. he's the man who gave specific instructions to bridge officials to not warrant local police, and not warrant town of fort lee about what was about to hit them. other e-mails that have been made public show that the port authority knew they were advised explicitly that shutting down those lanes on the bridge would cause the whole town of fort lee to be...
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this one hurt chris christie. his idled e idle got in on it. ♪ man i got to take a leak but i can't i'm stuck in governor chris christie ft. lee's traffic jam ♪ . [announcer] a healthy dog is a playful dog. give him the calorie-smart nutrition of beneful healthy weight. with wholesome rice,real chicken,soy, and accents of vitamin rich veggies... plus a taste he loves. beneful healthy weight...from purina. ♪ [ male announcer ] old el paso frozen entrées. now in freezers. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. i like her. >>> the president just wrapped up his first big political trip of the new year. he traveled to north carolina. a manufacturing hub hit hard by the industry's decline. the state has lost almost half of its manufacturing jobs since the turn of the century. greater than the loss experienced by any other neighboring state. today marks a strategic return. >> this has to be a y
this one hurt chris christie. his idled e idle got in on it. ♪ man i got to take a leak but i can't i'm stuck in governor chris christie ft. lee's traffic jam ♪ . [announcer] a healthy dog is a playful dog. give him the calorie-smart nutrition of beneful healthy weight. with wholesome rice,real chicken,soy, and accents of vitamin rich veggies... plus a taste he loves. beneful healthy weight...from purina. ♪ [ male announcer ] old el paso frozen entrées. now in freezers. her long day of...
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>> that was an announcement speech. >> chris christie is running on the theme i can do it. >> chris christie emerged from last night's election as the front runner from the 2016 republican nomination. he got there thanks, in no small part to hurricane sandy. but don't take our word for it. >> my pledge to you tonight is i will govern with the spirit of sandy [ applause ] >> reporter: the spirit of sandy that christie evoked so many times last night is one thing, but the facts of sandy recovery are something else entirely. new jersey received billions of dollars in federal aid to rebuild and 1.8 billion of that came from the u.s. department of housing and urban development to get people back in their homes. to get that money, christie promised 60% of the funds would be reserved for low to moderate income households. right now, it appears chris christie is breaking that promise. of course, we don't know for sure. >> fair share housing center and advocacy group for affordable housing says they're as frustrating. they sued the state for the administration's failure to present the most bake docum
>> that was an announcement speech. >> chris christie is running on the theme i can do it. >> chris christie emerged from last night's election as the front runner from the 2016 republican nomination. he got there thanks, in no small part to hurricane sandy. but don't take our word for it. >> my pledge to you tonight is i will govern with the spirit of sandy [ applause ] >> reporter: the spirit of sandy that christie evoked so many times last night is one thing,...
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so chris christie and phil kwon had a relationship that started back in 2002 when chris christie came on as the u.s. attorney for the state of new jersey. their relationship spanned all seven years of chris christie's time as u.s. attorney. and then when he became governor, brought all the people over from the prosecutor's office into his new administration, phil kwon was one of them. he hired phil kwon right away into his administration when he started in 2010. so by 2012, when then-governor christie nominated phil kwon to a seat on the new jersey supreme court, by that time, the governor and phil kwon had worked together for a decade. and then chris christie was more than just disappointed when phil kwon's nomination to the supreme court was rejected by democrats in the new jersey state senate. >> good evening. first of all, phil kwon, first and foremost, is a man of integrity. had the utmost privilege to witness that integrity firsthand. where in his role as an assistant united states attorney, the first assistant attorney general of new jersey, as a husband, a father, and a son. t
so chris christie and phil kwon had a relationship that started back in 2002 when chris christie came on as the u.s. attorney for the state of new jersey. their relationship spanned all seven years of chris christie's time as u.s. attorney. and then when he became governor, brought all the people over from the prosecutor's office into his new administration, phil kwon was one of them. he hired phil kwon right away into his administration when he started in 2010. so by 2012, when then-governor...
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they were so mad at chris christie about this. senate democrats made chris christie's first nominee to replace justice wallace, they made her wait until somebody else's seat came up on the court then they would consider her for that one, but not justice wallace's. chris christie nominated a man named phil quan. senate democrats said no. chris christie nominated a man named bruce harris for the court, senate democrats said no. senate democrats were so mad about what christie did to take john harris off the supreme court when he was up for renomination that they would not let anyone through. it's been a big political crisis in new jersey. senate democrats rejected every one of those christie nominees. one after the other. then when another of the justices on the supreme court, a republican came up for renomination just like john harris had, and the senate democrats signaled that they were going to give her a whale of a time at her renomination hearing, chris christie just flipped out. he had enough. he pulled that justice off the su
they were so mad at chris christie about this. senate democrats made chris christie's first nominee to replace justice wallace, they made her wait until somebody else's seat came up on the court then they would consider her for that one, but not justice wallace's. chris christie nominated a man named phil quan. senate democrats said no. chris christie nominated a man named bruce harris for the court, senate democrats said no. senate democrats were so mad about what christie did to take john...
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group of pro chris christie democrats in the legislature. the expectation before this week, before all the bombshells this week was that that speaker was not going to renew the subpoena authority for the state legislature. >> but now? >> well, now there is no choice. that's going to happen. >> the national democratic party were to assassinate those people if they didn't do it. >> more than that, it's not the state assembly anymore. now you from the u.s. attorney sniffing around, the commerce committee. this has gotten bigger in the last few days. >> let's go to what michael isikoff pointed out, the john dean. i grew up during watergate. i got to tell i, it follows a certain pattern. the president of the united states, in that case, nixon, would try to set it up the first thing i knew about this i heard from john dean and then i operated in this certain way, setting it up just like christie did yesterday, picking a date like december something when i quizzed my staff and then moved forward and said i'm clean until then and then after then bec
group of pro chris christie democrats in the legislature. the expectation before this week, before all the bombshells this week was that that speaker was not going to renew the subpoena authority for the state legislature. >> but now? >> well, now there is no choice. that's going to happen. >> the national democratic party were to assassinate those people if they didn't do it. >> more than that, it's not the state assembly anymore. now you from the u.s. attorney sniffing...
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chris christie wasn't playing there. you may see some impact in new hampshire what was so stunging to me about chris christie's speech, which i thought was really heartfelt and quint essentially chris christie, because he left no stone unturned. when he wanted to criticize somebody by name, he did. it was the disdain for his opponents. it's not like you have a lot of other great people to choose from. i'm sure you'll make the right pick. he said, anyone who is unwilling to say donald trump is unfit to become president is unfit to become president. we all recall that point in one of the debates where nikki haley refused to say he's unfit. they went back and forth on that. i was sort of -- again, it was chris christie saying, look, the party has destroyed itself, because we can't even come up with any candidates who wouldn't raise their hands and say they wouldn't vote for a convicted felon. . i think he's a man without a country right now, and he knows it. you could see it in his demeanor. he was clearly not depressed bec
chris christie wasn't playing there. you may see some impact in new hampshire what was so stunging to me about chris christie's speech, which i thought was really heartfelt and quint essentially chris christie, because he left no stone unturned. when he wanted to criticize somebody by name, he did. it was the disdain for his opponents. it's not like you have a lot of other great people to choose from. i'm sure you'll make the right pick. he said, anyone who is unwilling to say donald trump is...
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poor chris christie! you know what his problem was? in 2012, he didn't run for president when he should have and then, in 2016, he ran when he shouldn't have run. his timing was off. and in life, typing is everything. timing is what separates a normal person from a pedophile. ( laughter ) ( audience reacts ) and here's what makes chris christie a legend -- having hit such a low point, a more ordinary governor would try to raise his popularity, but christie is a special person. he decided if he was going to be the worst, he would be the best worst. >> first there was bridge gate and now beach gate. christie's beach outing over the fourth of july holiday caused a national scandal because this particular beach was closed to the general public due to a state government shutdown. >> the garden state first family allowed to use the closed beach, closed to many new jersey president. >> i don't want apologize for it or back away from it and i thik my poll numbers show i don't care about political optics. >> trevor: say what you want about chri
poor chris christie! you know what his problem was? in 2012, he didn't run for president when he should have and then, in 2016, he ran when he shouldn't have run. his timing was off. and in life, typing is everything. timing is what separates a normal person from a pedophile. ( laughter ) ( audience reacts ) and here's what makes chris christie a legend -- having hit such a low point, a more ordinary governor would try to raise his popularity, but christie is a special person. he decided if he...